LeBron James took a back seat, and Anthony Davis gave Lakers fans an injury scare.
Neither mattered as the 7th-seeded Lakers scored a 128-112 Game 1 upset of the No. 2 seed Memphis Grizzlies to take a 1-0 series lead, while Ja Morant left the fourth quarter with an injury.
Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves led the scoring effort for the Lakers while Davis returned after halftime from an apparent shoulder injury sustained in the first half. They closed win with a 15-0 run to cap a dominant second half fueled by red-hot shooting from beyond the arc.